Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin

Sinn Féin · Wicklow-Wexford

Activity on Health — 101 events (15 lobbying · 76 questions · 15 votes) full profile →

• 2026-04-15
  VOTE
  Organisation of Working Time (Leave for Health Screening Purposes) Bill 2025

  A bill to provide for a period of paid leave in order to enable employees to participate in health screening programmes; for that purpose to amend the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997; to extend the protection against unfair dismissals conferred by the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015; to provide for the consequential amendment of certain other Acts; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 65–83
• 2026-04-13
  LOBBY
  Creative Retail Distribution Limited Health

  • The Reduced Risk Products Association issued written communications to Sinn Féin TDs and Senators outlining evidence on the role of vaping as a smoking cessation tool for adult smokers, and highlighting potential implications of proposed flavour restrictions for individuals who use vaping to quit or reduce smoking.
• 2026-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients Lucena CAHMS have refused in the past five years; the reasons for refusal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21532/26]
• 2026-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients Wexford North CAHMS team have refused in the past five years; the reasons for refusal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21533/26]
• 2026-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the reason patients diagnosed with ADHD cannot access CAHMS services in counties Wicklow and Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21534/26]
• 2026-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that are currently waiting to receive home care in North Wexford; the length of time they have been waiting; if her Department plans to increase the number of carer positions in that area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21535/26]
• 2026-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that are currently waiting to receive home care in South Wicklow; the length of time they have been waiting for; if her Department plans to increase the number of carer positions in that area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21536/26]
• 2026-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if a preferred location, site or building has been identified for a primary care centre in Gorey, County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21537/26]
• 2026-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will engage with the National Ambulance Service (NAS) following reports that approximately 80 newly qualified paramedics received an email from the NAS instructing them to sign a 16-week contract extension in order to remain in employment long enough to apply for a permanent position; the reason no prior engagement or warning was provided to the paramedics concerned regarding this change; if she will address concerns that this process enables the NAS to introduce the previously rejected roles and responsibilities, leaving new paramedics with no choice but to accept them in order to secure permanent positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17994/26]
• 2026-03-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health when the ten-bed specialised community mental health unit will be delivered for County Wexford; if this unit will provide service to adults and minors; if this unit will specialise in mental health crisis care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17255/26]
• 2026-03-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the current waiting list to see an orthopaedic surgeon in Ireland, per hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17427/26]
• 2026-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available via the mental health capital plan for a specific mental health crisis unit for County Wexford; if so, if she can outline a timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13564/26]
• 2026-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the length of time the CAHMS vacancy for a psychologist for Gorey, County Wexford has been vacant for; the reason this position has not yet been filled; the amount of patients currently waiting to be seen by a member of CAHMS in the vicinity, including a breakdown per year of how long they have been waiting to receive care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13423/26]
• 2026-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the length of time the CAHMS vacancy for an occupational therapist for County Wexford has been vacant for; the reason this position has not yet been filled; the amount of patients currently waiting to be seen by a member of CAHMS in the vicinity, including a breakdown per year of the length of time they have been waiting to receive care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13424/26]
• 2026-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the length of time the CAHMS vacancy for an assistant psychologist for County Wicklow has been vacant for; the reason this position has not yet been filled; the amount of patients currently waiting to be seen by a member of CAHMS in the vicinity, including a breakdown per year of the length of time they have been waiting to receive care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13425/26]
• 2026-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies there currently are for CAHMS County Wicklow and County Wexford; the length these roles have been vacant for; the reason this position has not yet been filled; the amount of patients currently waiting to be seen by a member of CAHMS in the vicinity, including a breakdown per year of the length of time they have been waiting to receive care; if there are any plans to increase the number of posts allocated to both counties for CAHMS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13426/26]
• 2026-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if plans have been completed and funded to develop a liaison service for CAHMS across the south east, as stated in the service plan for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13427/26]
• 2026-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available via the mental health capital plan for a specific mental health crisis unit for County Wexford following discussions on Friday, 13 February with the HSE; if so, if she can outline a timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13563/26]
• 2026-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the length of time the CAHMS vacancy for a psychologist for Gorey, County Wexford has been vacant for; the reason this position has not yet been filled; the number of patients currently waiting to be seen by a member of CAHMS in the vicinity; the breakdown of the length of time they have been waiting to receive care, by year;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12052/26]
• 2026-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the length of time the CAHMS vacancy for an occupational therapist for County Wexford has been vacant for; the reason this position has not yet been filled; the number of patients currently waiting to be seen by a member of CAHMS in the vicinity; the breakdown of the length of time they have been waiting to receive care, by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12053/26]
• 2026-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the length of time the CAHMS vacancy for an assistant psychologist for County Wicklow has been vacant for; the reason this position has not yet been filled; the number of patients currently waiting to be seen by a member of CAHMS in the vicinity; the breakdown of the length of time they have been waiting to receive care, by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12054/26]
• 2026-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies currently for CAHMS in counties Wicklow and Wexford; the length of time these roles have been vacant for ; the reason this position has not yet been filled; the number of patients currently waiting to be seen by a member of CAHMS in the vicinity; the breakdown of the length of time they have been waiting to receive care, by year; if there are plans to increase the number of posts allocated to both counties for CAHMS;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12055/26]
• 2026-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if plans have been completed and funded to develop a liaison service for CAHMS across the south-east, as stated in the service plan for 2025;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12056/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a mental health crisis unit in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8331/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the reason many patients receiving mental health treatment, have received cancellations from St. Otteran's Hospital Campus, John's Hill, Waterford, noting that this clinic provides service to many patients from County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8332/26]
• 2026-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if the primary health care centre in Arklow has been leased to the HSE for a 30-year period (details supplied); the process by which primary care providers may lease space within the centre; if she will assist in progressing an expression of interest submitted by a primary care provider who has sought to lease space but has been unable to secure a response to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6889/26]
• 2026-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health he process that is in place to support a woman with a high-risk pregnancy who cannot access a GP due to closed waiting lists; how such an individual can access the maternity and infant care scheme in these circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6890/26]
• 2026-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently without access to a general practitioner in the Wicklow–Wexford area and across the State, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3417/26]
• 2026-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if there is a programme or plan in place to address the general practitioner shortage in the Wicklow–Wexford area and throughout the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3418/26]
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  Rehab Group Public Expenditure and Reform

  • Rehab's Pre Budget Submission
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  The Asthma Society of Ireland Health

  • AV Room Briefing for World Lung Day
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  Mental Health Reform 2 returns Budgetary mattersHealth

  • MHR's event in Leinster House on 25th September; 'Meet&Greet'
  • MHR's event in Leinster House on 25th September; 'Meet&Greet' and PBS discussion
• 2026-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to increase GP recruitment and retention in rural and commuter-belt areas, including Wicklow and Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3383/26]
• 2026-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand general practitioner training places to meet growing population needs and to ensure adequate GP coverage in areas experiencing shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3384/26]
• 2026-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will consider emergency or interim measures such as temporary HSE-run clinics or locum supports to ensure continuity of care in areas where GP practices have closed their lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3385/26]
• 2026-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if her Department will review funding supports for GP practices, particularly in areas under severe pressure, to encourage additional capacity and prevent further closures to new patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3386/26]
• 2026-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the most recent data on GP-to-patient ratios in the Wicklow and Wexford region; the way in which the shortages are being monitored and addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3387/26]
• 2026-01-19
  LOBBY
  The Alzheimer Society of Ireland Health

  • Coffee and Chat event with public representatives at the Coffee Dock in Leinster House on Tuesday, 30th September 2025
• 2026-01-19
  LOBBY
  Alcohol Action Ireland Health

  • Zero alcohol product advertising
• 2026-01-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated in the HSE Capital Programme for the development of a mental health facility adjacent to Wexford General Hospital; to provide appropriate care for persons in County Wexford presenting in a mental health crisis (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3041/26]
• 2026-01-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health to examine the provision of whole-family support and wrap around services for families and individuals experiencing a mental health crisis in their homes; to address the urgent need for improved responses and supports given the scale of the mental health crisis in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3042/26]
• 2026-01-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for an adult in the Wicklow-Wexford constituency to receive an appointment for a psychiatrist in Adult Mental Health Services; a psychologist in the primary care mental health service; the number of individuals on each waiting list for over six months in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3043/26]
• 2026-01-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for a child in the Wicklow-Wexford constituency to receive an appointment for a psychiatrist in CAMHS; a psychologist in the primary care mental health service; the number of children on each waiting list for over six months in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3044/26]
• 2026-01-13
  LOBBY
  Reduced Risk Products Association Company Limited 2 returns Health

  • The Reduced Risk Products Association issued written communications to selected members of the Oireachtas following statements made during a Dáil debate on vaping, providing factual information and evidence on vaping and nicotine products, including youth use, smoking cessation, flavours, and potential implications of proposed regulatory measures.
  • The Reduced Risk Products Association issued written communications to Sinn Féin TDs and Senators outlining evidence on the role of vaping as a smoking cessation tool for adult smokers, and highlighting potential implications of proposed flavour restrictions for individuals who use vaping to quit or reduce smoking.
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the details of the companies involved in HSE overseas nurse recruitment; the amount spent for recruitment per employee and the amount paid to such recruitment companies over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1014/26]
• 2025-12-17
  VOTE
  Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Fox Hunting) Bill 2025

  A bill to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to ban the hunting of a fox or foxes; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion failed · 24–124
• 2025-12-17
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Restoration to Order Paper (Resumed)

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 71–73
• 2025-12-17
  VOTE
  Health (Waiting Lists) Bill 2024

  A bill to amend and extend the Health Act 2004 and for that purpose to provide for the conferral of additional functions on the Minister for Health in relation to setting of priorities and performance targets by that Minister in relation to maximum waiting times for health and personal social services; to amend the National Treatment Purchase Fund Board (Establishment) Order 2004 to provide for additional reporting, revised corporate governance and accountability arrangements; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 66–80
• 2025-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health to increase the number of GPs in County Wexford. [71493/25]
• 2025-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will consider a proposal to provide a 20-bed demountable unit at Wexford General Hospital while awaiting the completion of the new 97-bed facility, which will take three years to deliver at an estimated cost of €3 million (details supplied). [71507/25]
• 2025-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will examine ways to improve a service (details supplied) in County Wexford, with a view to reducing the number of patients who have to attend emergency departments. [71508/25]
• 2025-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the reason Wexford General Hospital's diabetic department does not currently provide insulin pump therapy for patients in County Wexford (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70573/25]
• 2025-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the waiting list to receive a diabetic pump; the waiting times, broken down per county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70574/25]
• 2025-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will approve a 20-bed demountable unit for Wexford General Hospital, noting the serious need for such following ambulance delays reported on 3 December 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70579/25]
• 2025-11-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting for BreastCheck screening in counties Wicklow and Wexford; the length of time they have been waiting; the number of patients carried over on the waiting list from 2024 who were not seen on time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62450/25]
• 2025-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will seek funding for a service (details supplied) in Courtown, County Wexford, as a matter of urgency, to prevent this vital service closing on 6 November 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60893/25]
• 2025-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will meet with all stakeholders involved with a service (details supplied) to secure the future of the Courtown service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60894/25]
• 2025-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the current rates of vacancy for mental health staff across counties Wicklow and Wexford; a breakdown per profession; the length of time the roles have been vacant for, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58832/25]
• 2025-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she accepts that the average cost of a legal claim for medical negligence in Ireland is almost three times higher than in the UK; that cases take over 50 per cent longer to resolve than in the UK; her views that a medical negligence claim in Ireland takes 1,462 days on average (four years), 14 per cent longer than in South Africa and 56 per cent longer than in Hong Kong, the UK or Singapore; if she will provide a solution to the matter that the Medical Protection Society have highlighted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58833/25]
• 2025-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the 2026 Budget for mental health, including programme-level funding per county, including regional health allocations; to include specific suicide prevention funding for counties Wicklow and Wexford, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58839/25]
• 2025-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will consider allocating a specific mental health crisis unit in County Wexford to provide for the number of patients who have presented to Wexford Accident and Emergency Department with suicidal thoughts and/or in a mental health crisis, for the past 5 years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58841/25]
• 2025-09-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the reason oncology patients cannot get a medication (details supplied), even though it has been licenced in Ireland (details supplied). [50968/25]
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Irish Cancer Society Health

  • Public sunscreen dispensers
• 2025-09-12
  LOBBY
  Creative Retail Distribution Limited Taxation

  • Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug
• 2025-08-29
  LOBBY
  Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation Budgetary matters

  • Healthcare
• 2025-07-09
  VOTE
  Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages · 3 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 86–69
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 67–86
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–86
• 2025-06-25
  VOTE
  Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022

  A bill to require pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment suppliers and their servants or agents, to declare payments, gifts, donations or other transfers of values provided to healthcare professionals or health care organisations on an annual basis.

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 85–67
• 2025-06-18
  VOTE
  Mental Health Bill 2024 · 3 divisions

  A bill to provide for the admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres, of adult persons in certain circumstances and, for the involuntary admission of adult persons who meet the criteria for involuntary admission to such centres; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of adult persons to registered acute mental health centres; and, for those purposes, to provide for the establishment of mental health review boards; to provide for the care and treatment of adult persons in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to adult persons without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of adult persons who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the admission to and discharge from registered acute mental health centres of children on a voluntary basis and with parental consent; to provide for the involuntary admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres of children who meet the criteria for involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres by way of application to the District Court; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the treatment of children in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to children without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of children who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for applications to be made to court to provide for the entitlements of persons admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the continuation in being of the Mental Health Commission and the Inspector of Mental Health Services; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register of acute mental health centres, a register of community mental health centres and a register of community mental health services for such centres and services registered under and in accordance with this Act; to provide for the regulation of mental health services including registered acute mental health centres, registered community mental health centres and registered community mental health services; to provide for the monitoring and enforcement of compliance with the provisions of this Act by the Mental Health Commission; to repeal the Mental Health Act 2001 and certain other enactments; to provide for the amendment of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–82
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–86
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–86
• 2025-06-11
  VOTE
  Mental Health Bill 2024 · 2 divisions

  A bill to provide for the admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres, of adult persons in certain circumstances and, for the involuntary admission of adult persons who meet the criteria for involuntary admission to such centres; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of adult persons to registered acute mental health centres; and, for those purposes, to provide for the establishment of mental health review boards; to provide for the care and treatment of adult persons in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to adult persons without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of adult persons who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the admission to and discharge from registered acute mental health centres of children on a voluntary basis and with parental consent; to provide for the involuntary admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres of children who meet the criteria for involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres by way of application to the District Court; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the treatment of children in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to children without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of children who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for applications to be made to court to provide for the entitlements of persons admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the continuation in being of the Mental Health Commission and the Inspector of Mental Health Services; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register of acute mental health centres, a register of community mental health centres and a register of community mental health services for such centres and services registered under and in accordance with this Act; to provide for the regulation of mental health services including registered acute mental health centres, registered community mental health centres and registered community mental health services; to provide for the monitoring and enforcement of compliance with the provisions of this Act by the Mental Health Commission; to repeal the Mental Health Act 2001 and certain other enactments; to provide for the amendment of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–85
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–85
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of public dentists who have retired in counties Wicklow and Wexford in the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30519/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant dental positions in counties Wicklow and Wexford in the past five years; the positions of these that were filled, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30520/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents on waiting lists for public dentists in counties Wicklow and Wexford in the past five years, including time spent on the list, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30521/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of adults on waiting lists for public dentists in counties Wicklow and Wexford in the past five years, including the time spent on the list, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30522/25]
• 2025-05-28
  VOTE
  Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Fox Hunting) Bill 2025

  A bill to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to ban the hunting of a fox or foxes; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 113–49
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  College of Psychiatrists of Ireland Health

  • Mental Health Bill 2024 and concerns re inability to provide treatment to all who will be involuntarily hospitalised due to current iteration.To provide descriptions using video recordings of people who had benefited from treatment under the current Mental Health Act explaining their illnesses and the necessary treatment provided in a timely manner.
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  Irish Heart Foundation Health

  • Welcoming and congratulating new TDs on their election to the 34th Dáil.
• 2025-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will approve the outstanding service level agreement for a meals-on-wheels group (details supplied); if funding will be provided as agreed in 2024, noting that no funds have been received since September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25762/25]
• 2025-05-15
  LOBBY
  Rare Diseases Ireland Health

  • Re-launch All Party Group on Rare Diseases. Update on the need for a new National Strategy for Rare Diseases, including background data on rare diseases in Ireland and the challenges that people living with rare diseases face.
• 2025-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of cases of spiking that have been reported in the past five years, per county; including reports to hospitals and gardaí, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23280/25]
• 2025-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will approve the outstanding service level agreement for a meals on wheels group (details supplied); if funding will be provided as agreed in 2024, noting that no funds have been received since September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24335/25]
• 2025-04-30
  VOTE
  Unnecessary Hip Surgeries at Children's Health Ireland

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 85–68
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if the drug entresto is included on the drugs payment scheme; the consultation given to eligible patients eligible for this scheme when a new prescription is given; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20478/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists currently employed in counties Wexford and Wicklow, in tabular form; to outline plans to address the ongoing crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10709/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if a preferred location/site/building has been identified for a primary care centre in Gorey, County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10710/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will review the need for more GPs in the south-west Wicklow area, especially in the Aughrim area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10711/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will review the need for cancer treatment services at the Arklow primary care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10712/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will recognise fibromyalgia as a long-term illness in Ireland, recognising that this illness affects approximately ninety thousand people nationally, causing debilitating effects, and patients affected are without the supports they require and deserve with a long term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12059/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health when the funding that was promised in 2015 for `ItsGood2Talk` will be provided; the reason this funding has been held up for ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12219/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of women that have been subject to delays for cervical screening in the past five years, per county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12774/25]
• 2025-03-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health when the funding promised in 2015 for `ItsGood2Talk` will be provided; the reason this funding has been held for ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9803/25]
• 2025-03-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed report on the school meals scheme, providing the nutritional information for all meals provided, where the ingredients are sourced, the nutritional requirements set by the Department for Children, Equality, Disability and Youth; who is regulating the providers; if her Department will take the responsibility to regulate and oversee this service; the current levels of childhood obesity in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9728/25]
• 2025-03-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health when the funding promised in 2015 for `It's Good 2 Talk` will be provided; the reason this funding has been held for ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9729/25]
• 2025-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if there is a plan to re-instate respite care in Cheshire Homes, Shillelagh, County Wicklow, following its closure in 2024, and which impacted local service users (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5525/25]
• 2025-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in terms of a developing a new ambulance base in Gorey, County Wexford; its projected timeline for development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5528/25]
• 2025-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on CAMHS waiting lists in Wexford and Wicklow, broken down by the number of months they are waiting, in tabular form; the plans to address the crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5532/25]
• 2025-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists currently employed in counties Wexford and Wicklow, in tabular form; to outline plans to address the ongoing crisis.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5381/25]
• 2025-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if a preferred location, site or building has been identified for a primary care centre in Gorey, County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5382/25]
• 2025-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will review the need for more GPs in the southwest Wicklow area, especially the Aughrim area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5383/25]
• 2025-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will review the need for cancer treatment services at the Arklow primary care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5384/25]
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Epilepsy Ireland Health

  • Contacted listed DPOs in their capacity as General Election Candidates to support EI's advocacy campaigns if elected to the next Dáil
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Reduced Risk Products Association Company Limited Health

  • The Reduced Risk Products Association conducted analysis of Census 2022 and the results of the Healthy Ireland Survey 2024 to examine the likely implications of proposed restrictions on flavoured vapes for adult vapers including smokers who rely on vapes to quit or reduce their smoking returning to smoking, with consequent impacts on deaths from smoking. This analysis was prepared on a Dail constituency basis and sent to all members of Dáil Eireann.